| A cast iron plate or grate on top of a receptacle or reservoir that catches water runoff or aids in drainage.
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| A heavy, usually round, steel or iron cover used to gain access to underground work through a manhole.
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| A tarp used to cover a pool when not in use.
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| Concrete cover.
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| 1. The scope of an insurance policy. 2. Amount of surface a given quantity of paint will cover. 2. The ability of paint to conceal the surface being painted. 3. The surface area to be continuously coated by a specific roofing material after allowance is made for a specified lap of the material.
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| A measure of the amount of material required to cover a given surface.
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| In arc welding, a filler-metal electrode consisting of a metal core wire with a relatively thick covering which provides protection for the molten metal from the atmosphere and improves the properties of the weld metal and stabilizes the arc.
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| 1. Of paint, the ability to cover the surface to which it is being applied. 2. Of ceramic tile, the ability of a glaze to uniformly and completely cover the fired surface.
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| Burying, sealing, or otherwise covering work before it has been inspected.
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| A sheet of glass or transparent plastic that sits above the absorber in a flatplate solar collector.
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| Chemically Pure.
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| Certified Public Accountant.
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| Chlorinated polyethylene, a type of single-ply roofing material.
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| Critical Path Method.
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| Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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| A type of single-ply roofing material, a self-curing non-vulcanized elastomer. Available as a liquid coating or a membrane sheet. May be reinforced with polyester scrim or laminated to felt backing.
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| Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride.
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| Credit.
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| California Redwood Association.
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| A hand device used for stretching carpet in a small area where a power stretcher or knee kicker cannot be used.
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| Reinforcement in concrete construction designed to prevent cracks, often effective in limiting them to uniformly distributed small cracks.
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| A method of calculating the quantity of infiltration air into a building; this method requires specific information about dimensions and construction details of windows, doors, and other openings.
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| A two piece adhesive paper pattern that may be attached to a building wall over a crack to record differential structural movement, over time, of the wall on each side of the crack.
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| To repair a crack in a surface by using plaster, concrete, asphalt, etc.
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| To patch a crack in a surface by using such materials as plaster, concrete, or asphalt.
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| To close the opening between two materials to prevent moisture or air from passing through.
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| 1. To break, split, snap apart or develop fissures. 2. A fracture in the monolithic surface of gypsum board. 3. A separation or fracture occurring in a roof membrane or in a roof deck, generally caused by thermally induced stress or substrate movement; also called a Split. 4. A break in the surface of an asphalt pavement; see Alligatoring, 3.
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| Joint in a structure which permits movement of a gas or vapor through it, even under a small pressure difference.
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| Opening a valve a small amount.
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| Form of paint failure in which breaks in film extend through all coats down to building material.
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